CLTA Study Grants Checklist and Scoring Rubric

CLTA Study Grants Checklist and Scoring Rubric

Please note that we will only be accepting Grant Applications by PDF, Word or Google files. You may submit these to Kevin Duffy past.president@clta.net. There is no information yet as to whether specific grants will be funded, but you are encouraged to apply now. Please check back.

Check one

____ Spanish Government Grant Spanish government unable to fund the grant this year

Checklist for Consideration of Application

Evidence of CLTA membership (minimum: this year and preceding year) You can get E-mail confirmation from the membership chair membership@clta.net.

Y N

Received this grant within the last four years?

Y N

Completed application form sent PDF, Word or Google file format to past.president@clta.net.

Y N

Brief professional resume/CV – PDF, Word or Google file format.

Y N

Three letters of recommendation, submitted as PDF, Word or Google file.

Y N

Evidence that the nominee is currently employed as a teacher of WLOE*

Y N

Nominee lives in California or teaches in California

Y N

Assurance that upon completion of the travel and/or study, the recipient will present a report to the Membership at CLTA’s Annual Conference or will submit a written report for publication in the CLTA News. Please indicate intention in letter described below:

Y N

A letter written by the candidate describing the following:

Y N

Motivation for applying for this grant

Y N

How the grant will help the applicant to improve his/her teaching skills

Y N

Projected impact on the applicant’s students and classroom activities

xxxx

*WLOE: World LanguagesOother than English Reviewer: If this checklist is complete (all requirements met), proceed to scoring rubric below.

Nomination sent as a single PDF, Word or Google file by January 15, 2015

Scoring Rubric

Limited or vague explanation of candidate’s motivation for applying for the grant, lacking detail

Basic explanation of candidate’s motivation for applying for the grant, lacking detail

Clear explanation of candidate’s motivation for applying for the grant, which may lack specific detail

Clear, specific and detailed explanation of candidate’s motivation for applying for the grant

X

4

=

How the grant will help the applicant to improve teaching skills

No explanation of how the grant will help the applicant to improve teaching skills

Limited or vague explanation of how the grant will help the applicant to improve teaching skills

Basic explanation of how the grant will help the applicant to improve teaching skills

Clear explanation of how the candidate anticipates improving teaching practice

Clear, specific and detailed explanation of how the candidate anticipates improving teaching practice

X

8

=

Impact on applicant’s students and activities

No explanation of impact on applicant’s students and activities

Limited or vague explanation of impact on applicant’s students and activities

Basic explanation of impact on applicant’s students and activities

Clear explanation of impact on applicant’s students and activities

Clear, specific, detailed explanation of impact on applicant’s students and activities

X

8

=

Letters of recommendation support candidate’s participation in this specific grant

No letters of recommendation – candidate not eligible

Generic statement of support for candidate with no detail

Generic statement of support for candidate which lacks significant detail relevant to this grant program

Current support for candidate’s motivation and anticipated outcome, which may lack specific detail

Current specific and detailed support for candidate’s motivation and anticipated outcome

X

4

=

TOTAL

=

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Also applying for a LangAbroD grant? YES NO (LangAbrod grants not available with Memorial Grant (formerly Mary DuFort); LangABroD not available for Italian scholarships for 2015 because travel funds are within California and are already included)_____________________________________

Granted LangAbrod? YES NO

Italian Scholarship for CLTA Conference attendance 2015

Checklist for requirements

Y/N File sent pdf, Word or Google file, including application form to past.president@clta.net by January 15, 2015

Y/N Evidence of CLTA membership for current year (2014-2015) – you may get membership information at membership@clta.net.

Y/N Brief professional resume/CV

Y/N Two letters of recommendation

Y/N Evidence that applicant is employed as Italian teacher in California

Y/N Letter from applicant including

assurance that applicant will attend minimum Friday-Sunday of the Conference

assurance that the applicant will receive the scholarship publicly at the Conference

assurance that the applicant will write a brief description of Conference experiences and professional development that were useful to the applicant, to be included on the website

reason(s) the applicant wants to attend Conference for professional development

how the applicant hopes to improve teaching skills

how the applicant expects students to benefit from the teacher’s attendance and participation at the Conference